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Gulag Museum State Terrorism Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Launches First Educational Outreach Program


In a land where there were once more prison camps than villages, the Gulag Museum remembers totalitarianism through preserving the last Soviet political camp as a way to promote democratic values and civil consciousness in Russia today. The Gulag Museum invites school groups to explore isolation cells and barracks, and discuss issues surrounding contemporary state terrorism.

Learn more about the Gulag Museum.		 State terrorism is a system of political domination based on the spreading of terror in society. It is characterized by a systematic and massive criminally repressive policy, implemented by the State agencies.

Where have people faced similar issues in the past? 		As Cambodia hold its landmark trials to bring to justice architects of the Khmer Rouge genocide, the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is launching its first educational program geared towards Cambodian secondary school students.
The program brings students to the site to share the history of the Khmer Rouge genocide and open discussion about its legacies in Cambodian society today.